''Before regulators throw block trades, bond swaps, bridge financing, butterfly spreads and Black-Scholes out with the bathwater, they should find time to read Niall Ferguson?s The Ascent of Money.? ?The Wall Street Journal ?[An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis.? ?The Washington Post ? Shrewdly anticipates many aspects of the current financial crisis, which has toppled banks, precipitated gigantic government bailouts and upended global markets.? ?Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

''Before regulators throw block trades, bond swaps, bridge financing, butterfly spreads and Black-Scholes out with the bathwater, they should find time to read Niall Ferguson?s The Ascent of Money.? ?The Wall Street Journal ?[An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis.? ?The Washington Post ? Shrewdly anticipates many aspects of the current financial crisis, which has toppled banks, precipitated gigantic government bailouts and upended global markets.? ?Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times